enemy had placed in position to be released into shallow pits oil the beach and ignited when the Australian ground troops made their assaults. The group attacked the beach while naval underwater demolition teams operated offshore without losing a man. The attacks were so effective that the Australian Seventh Division was able to come ashore without enemy opposition. Cold War It was reactivated as a Strategic Air Command (SAC) Convair B-36 Peacemaker bombardment squadron in 1953. The squadron was engaged in worldwide training missions with the B-36 until 1956 when it was re-equipped with the all jet-powered Boeing B-52 Stratofortress. It was reassigned to the SAC 4039th Strategic Wing in 1959 at Griffiss Air Force Base, New York, to disperse its heavy bomber force and conduct worldwide strategic bombardment training missions with a nuclear deterrent. SAC inactivated its Strategic Wings, including the 75th, replacing them with permanent Air Force Wings in 1963. The squadron was inactivated with aircraft/personnel/equipment being transferred to the 668th Bombardment Squadron. Lineage Constituted as the 75th Bombardment Squadron (Medium) on 20 November 1940 Activated on 15 January 1941 Inactivated on 10 May 1946 Redesignated the 75th Bombardment Squadron, Heavy on 19 February 1953 Activated on 25 February 1953 Discontinued and inactivated on 1 Feb 1963 Assignments 42d Bombardment Group, 15 January 1941 – 10 May 1946 42d Bombardment Wing, 25 February 1953 4039th Strategic Wing, 15 October 1959 – 1 February 1963 Stations Fort Douglas, Utah, Utah, 15 January 1941 Gowen Field, Idaho, 6 June 1941 Portland Army Air Base, Oregon, 19 January 1942 – 15 March 1943; Plaine Des Gaiacs Airfield, New Caledonia, 18 April 1943 Carney Airfield, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 26 May 1943 (operated from Plaine Des Gaiacs Airfield until 17 July 1943) Russell Islands, 21 October 1943 Stirling Airfield, Solomon Islands, c. 20 January 1944 Hollandia Airfield Complex, New Guinea, 27 August 1944 Sansapor Airfield, New Guinea, c. 20 September 1944 Operated from Wama Airfield, Morotai, Netherlands East Indies, 22 February – c. 20 March 1945 Puerto Princesa Airfield, Palawan, Philippines, 22 March 1945 Itami Air Base, Japan], 31 January – 10 May 1946 Limestone Air Force Base (later Loring Air Force Base, Maine, 25 February 1953 Griffiss Air Force Base, New York, 15 October 1959 – 1 February 1963 Aircraft Douglas B-18 Bolo, 1941–1942 Lockheed A-29 Hudson, 1942 Martin B-26 Marauder, 1941–1943 North American B-25 Mitchell, 1943–1945 Convair B-36 Peacemaker, 1953–1956 Boeing